Oregon State University

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Oregon State University
OSU Archives, 1952

• Blood Drives and Activities

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Oregon State University Blood Drives

• Consists of three large blood drives November,
  February, and May.
• Each drive brings in 800-950 units of blood over
  a four day period, with well over 1,000 people
  supporting the drive.
• Also includes smaller drives such as a Summer
  drive and a Faculty drive.

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This week-

• Increasing goals each day
• Monday- Goal of 160 units (Actual 184)
• Tuesday- Goal of 240 (Actual __ )
• Wednesday- Goal of 250
• Thursday- Goal of 280

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Reason for high donations-

• The Community!
• People donate together, you almost always have a
  friend around in some part of the process!
• Groups make it a team effort to come down (work
  groups, living groups, clubs)
• Makes an ideal opportunity for first time donors!

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• To assist in the massive volunteer operations,
  the student group OSU Blood Drive Association
  provides support to the Red Cross various steps
  in making this drive a reality.
• The group manages nearly 80 volunteers each
  drive, all the way from publicity to recapping
  and evaluating drive performances.
• The Association has nearly 30 active members,
  representing a bulk of the volunteer efforts.

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Blood Drive Association Organizational Structure
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Publicity

• A variety of techniques to make sure the word
  gets out-
• Sign-up Table.
• Table Tents in the Four Dining Centers.
• Visits to Houses and Res Halls.
• Coffee sleeves.
• Facebook

• Thematic seasonal events-
• Civil War Blood Drive
• Visits to football games.
• Hot cocoa for ticket-goers.
• Spring
• Sno-Cones in the Quad.

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A little friendly competition

• In addition to the fall civil war drive-
• Greek Competition
• Residence Hall Competition
• Contributions from the community supply prizes
• Includes both volunteer hours and donors
• Working on developing-
• Cooperatives
• ROTC

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Education

• As a student organization, has a responsibility
  to educate and inform the community.
• Each year a group of students is taken to the
  Portland headquarters and the Portland national
  testing lab.
• In addition, developing partnerships with other
  groups to improve cooperation.

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Smaller Drives

• Summer Drive
• Typically two days, with a goal of 92 units per
  day (two buses).
• Faculty Drive
• New project, opportunity for staff and faculty to
  get a quiet and faster donation experience.